The temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition is greater in subsoil than in topsoil during laboratory incubation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yan, Dong ^a   Li, Jinquan ^a   Pei, Junmin ^a   Cui, Jun ^a   Nie, Ming ^a   Fang, Changming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85024114809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05293-1     Document Type: Article

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